Grain-shock loader.



c. FRAHM;

GRAIN SHOCK LOADER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 19.1918 I 1,296,644 r i T Patented Mar.'11,1919.

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. GRAIN SHOCK LOADER. I

, APPLICATION FILED JULY 19, 1918. v 1,296,644. Patented Mar. 11,1919.

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more ezepeciolly ml'mm HARLEY FERLKHM, G13 NESTBROOK, HENNEQOTA.

To all whom it may cone-awn:

eiiizon of the initml States, resicllng at lllesi:lymol in tho county of Cotton: ml 5 and Stale of'lllinnesom, have invented min new and. useful ln'zpi'ovcmenls in 5 21in Shock Loaders, of which the. following 5.3 a, sp gglllca tiofi,

llus mvontlon relates 0 harvesters, and to hay loaders using endless bells; 'aml the object of the same is'lopmduce a machine of this kind. for gathering hay or grain, especially mm in the form of shocks, and delivering it to :1 wagon as the machine is drawnacross the field. An-

other objeoi; is to provide for driving this machine by means of a small engine if 21%: v

ferredl Prmmpally the machme 1s l9 to lake the placa of manual lahor which is now so (lisllcult to secure, because can gr m-l ama the work of sevei'al hands vrlnle ils'moils the w tentxon of but one man,

Dstails of the pref ei z'ccl oozxstrucfion oi 53% my invention an; set forth below and flzown .5111 the drawings whezqin-s Figure 1 1s a plan "mew and Fig 2 a rear elevatl-on oi: this machine,

- the former inclwling; and the latter omitting" 0 the bull wllsel,

Fig. 3 is aloft and elevation ofthe' machine at Work, showing it as hitched behind a wagon,

Fig. 4 is a perspective demil of one of the 15 tines.

The main frame 1 of this machine is oi considerable length transversely, and is @111)- porteii' at its inner end by what might be called the bull Wheel 2 ancl at its Quiet eml.

o by a side wheel 3 and lemmas 4 lead fOl'WLlEfil.

fromthe frame to a-trubk 5 having its own wheels fiaml alongue '2' which, in Fig 3, is shown as hitched behind a. wagon ll; is quills possible that the several mechaflo' nisms mounled'on this main frame may he the right hand driven by. the rotation of the bull Wheel 2, and I reserve the right to so cons'nrul machine. But in the present illustration 1 have shown a'small engine 8 mounted on end of the frame 2116; will describe the connections from the mechanism to -this engine instead of to the bull whasl. If an engine ha employed, it; is

qfilte possible that it may be connected with t o bull wheel and in that Way assist in shafts 24 and 22 will Specification 01' Mimi's Patent. fi ggiqqpgqwfi Map 11 j HEEL miplicatioszfiled July 29, 1916. Serial Ho. 53%.?5-1;

propvlling the muchinc,although when at. work the comm-hon of the tongue 7 wlih :1 wagon W is onluuu'ilv sufhcleui to (ZZIHSP the:

machine to Hall behind the v; goo mlo whose ljoll'v ills l'ain. ha: or mocks col- -5 said shaft driven from the hull wheazl .12. wmalg. rotzztn when ville machine lllGVQLl forward, and in either case the elevatormoves upward seen m l 1g. Delzvermg' onto the lower {20111011 0; this vie lels :mzl overlies 'lzhe main frzuno 1 for most of Mr lengih as men in Fig. 2 and than rises and the inner roller ol this carrier by preference has 21' pulley 1'1 conamazed by boiling 15 with El. pulley 19 Wllosv ohaft in turn is all as ut'QO to-suid slmfi 124 Therefore rotation of the latter causes; the carrier to move in the direction of the arrow in Fig; 1, so that whatever is thrown or delivered onto the carrier is raised by the clcvalor and will be dumped into the wagon body if the machine is trailed behinitl 11 wagon as shown in Fig. 3.

In standards 21 rising from the from; of the main frame is mounted a shaft 22 whose inner encl is connected by pulleys and belt- 23 with zmolher and lower shaft .24 extending along the front of the frame and bemoth the elovato'r; its innermost end being connected by a pulley '25 with the belt 13 rlescrihml above; and therefore as the machine progresses or engine moves the be rotatecl, Pivotally mounted on tho shaft 22 are eyes 28 at the wear and of a skeleton structure lncludihg an upper cross bar 27, a lower cross bar 28 and a series of fingers 01' m 29wl10se constmction is bash shown m Fig. 4; and It is obvious that when this Skeleton structure is pez'mitteoi to descend at its front end, the tips of tho tings rest upon the ground as seen in. Fig. 3. However, any sulmble means not necessarylao illustrate may be employed for raising and lowering the entire sicmcture as when the machine is not at work at all and is being driven over the roadway, or when it is at work and it is desired that the tips of the tines will not run into the ground.

The body of each tine is slotted longitudinally as shown at 30, and within said slot near the tip of the tine is rotatably mounted a sprocket wheel 31. Correspondingt procket were suiiicientlv wheels 32 are mounted on the sha 22, and over each pair of Sprockets extends an endless chain 33 carrying fingers 34 outstanding from it. Thereforeas said shaft 22 rotates, the fingers pass rea'rwardly and upwardly wear the tines, around the sprockets 32 on the'shaft, and back on the under side of the tines and upward through the slots 30. By this means hay shocks picked up by the tips of the tines are carried upward over the fingers or tines and dropped onto the carrier 15. By the latter'they are carried inward and dropped onto the elevator 10. By the elevator they are in turn raised and dropped into the wagon body W as the machine progresses over the field.

Thus is constructed a machine for athering hay or grain or shocks, and per aps it might well be used for gathering vines or plants, or for other purposes if the tines v close together, which machine is limited in its capacity only by the length of the main frame and therefore the width of the path covered in its action. It may be built of comparatively light materials, consistently with strength, and it can be drawn behind a wagon W which in turn is drawn by a team or at least two teams of horses driven by one man. If horses are not available in, suflicient numbers, a small gasolcne engine 8 can assist in propelling tlns machine, and the engine would be extremely useful for moving the machine from point to point when it was not at work, provided of course that connections were made between the engine and the bull wheel. .These details are not necessary or grain, and especially all,

to illustrate. Nor have I illustrated the means for adjusting the height of the tips of .the tines, but I apprehend that something is necessary because otherwise said tips might be pushed into the earth. Nor have I thought it necessary to illustrate and describe the control mechanism for the engine if the engine is used, and clutch mechanisms which will doubtless be employed to connect the several elements with and disconnect them from the power at will.

The foregoing description and the draw ings have reference to What may be considered the preferred, or' approved form of my invention. It is to be understood that I may make such changes'in construction and ar-' f range uent and combination of parts, mal,

terials. dimensions, et expedient and fall within the scope of the ap ended claim. a

. aving thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a loader, the combination with a frame relatively long in a direction at right angles to the line of draft and having supporting cetera, as may. prove wheels near its extremities, driving mechaits inner end, anelevator whose connected with the main frame near msm at frame is said driving mechanism and which. elevator is driven thereby, and a carrier extending the length of the main frameand delivering to the elevator, the carrier being also driven by such driving mechanism; of gathering tines along the front edge of said framenear its outer end, and an elevator carried by each tine for raising thematerial picked up byit and delivering the same to said carrier.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature 1n presence of two ltnesses.

Witnesses:

C. T. MEYER, P. D. Neutron.

CHARLEY FRAHMJ 

